Event

Guided Susquehanna Petroglyph Canoe Trip with the Natural History Society of Maryland

Date: July 22, 2018

Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location: Safe Harbor Park, 5365 River Road, Conestoga, PA, USA

DISCOVER FIRST HAND ANCIENT COMMUNICATION FROM NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS.

Travel by canoe with NHSM and Petroglyph expert Paul Nevin along the Susquehanna. The carvings, which take the shape of animals, human figures and symbols, can be found on rocks rising out of the Susquehanna River. Dating back as many as 1,000 years. In the early 1600s, the Susquehannock Indians, for whom the Susquehanna River is named, occupied its namesake valley and traded with the arriving Europeans. Even before the Susquehannocks, the valley was home to the Algonquin-speaking Shenks Ferry people, who began fishing the river’s waters and farming along its banks in the 1300s.

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